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Serbian legend Novak Djokovic, who came on the court to defend his title, made a winning start in the French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament and reached the second round. In the first round, he defeated French wild card holder Pierre Hughes Herbert 6-4, 7-6, 6-4. With this, Djokovic has won in the first round for the 72nd time in his ground slam career. He has lost in the first round only twice. Djokovic is a three-time Grand Slam champion at Roland Garros and will have to reach the final to retain his number 1 ranking. Before coming to Paris, he had not reached the final of any tournament in the current season. He had to face defeat in the semi-finals thrice.
In men's singles, 11th-ranked Alex de Minaur defeated Michelsen 6-1, 6-0, 6-2, Taylor Fitz defeated Federico Coria of Argentina 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1, American Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated compatriot Alexei Poprin 5-1 in a match played till set to enter the second round. Apart from this, Holger Rune defeated Dan Evans 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 and Germany's David Goffin ended his campaign by defeating Giovanni Pericard 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (4-7). was ahead 6-3.
Azarenka could not reach the second round due to rain in women's singles. Many matches of the French Open were postponed due to rain on Wednesday. 19th seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated 6-1, 6-0, Yulia Putintseva defeated Sloane Stephens of America 6-1, 6-2, Sara Errani defeated Anna Carolina 6-3, 6-2, 14th seeded Madison Kisse of America 6-3, 6-2, Daria Kasatkina defeated French 7-5, 6-1 and Emma Navarro defeated Zeynep Sonmez 6-1, 6-0 to enter the second round.